I'd never seen this man before. He was at a table of six; what looked like three couples. I can't say for sure because I actually didn't even wait on him. I couldn't stop glancing over that way because he appeared to be super uncomfortable the whole dinner. He was shuffling around in his seat and looking down at his plate most of the time. He ordered linguine allo scoglio and ate the whole thing. I still wonder what was going on in his head that evening.
This series began as ordinary compulsive doodling of some of the faces I came across at my restaurant job. It has now become a full collection - some of these people I know quite well, some not at all. I like to think that I'm connected ...